Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [art] [noun sg] who " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's ironic that it should be a colleague who caused the wound , because I have now toured New Zealand three times and watched their style of rucking .
2 Well , my understanding is that the individual should have a job description as that 's what they are working too , and I thought at one time that it should be the individual who would sign the job description but apparently not , it should be the manager , who signs it to say yes , I confirm that this is the job I want the person to do .
3 A difficulty of interpretation arises over the question whether it must be the constable who warns who effects the arrest .
4 As Ken Plummer observes , whereas once it was the homosexual who was viewed as sick , now it might be the heterosexual who is charged with pathology : ‘ Whereas once the homosexual was identified by a long series of character traits , it is now possible to identify the traits of the homophobe : authoritarian , cognitively restricted , with gender anxieties , ( Plummer , ‘ Homosexual Categories ’ , 62 ) .
5 I suppose it could be a burglar who was surprised on the job ? ’
6 He says it could be a person who 's removing animal parts to make up a potion .
7 It could be a roadmaker who has to fill a depression in order to continue with the road .
8 You see now if anything happened er it could be a provost who 'd the district who has n't anything to do with the Galashiels you see , the next one in every probability .
9 Brutus says that it would be the public who would see the effects of this sudden change of personality .
10 Presumably it would be the Yard who investigated this one , rather than the regional crime squad .
11 ‘ If what you have told me is true , it will be the Chief who is beaten . ’
12 So sometimes a horse may only have a bad habit in relation to a certain rider , and in that case it will be the rider who will need the extra training .
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